Kurdish Guerrillas? Not who you think.

The New York times published this picture on the front page on Tuesday with the caption "Kurdish guerrillas, some of whom are women, have been waging an insurgency in the mountains straddling the Iran-Iraq border."

The first girl wears looks so young and she wears her hair just like my friends. These women completely change my views of Kurdish guerrillas.

Winning with Google!!

If you search "Blue Jaguars" on Google, we are the second entry!

(If you search "jaguars gender" we are the first! Random... I agree.)

Yes!

I have yet another reason to dislike the Colorado Rockies

I've spend hours in the last two days trying to get tickets off the Colorado Rockies site. It was such a frustrating and wasteful experience. I wouldn't have minded as much if they sold out quickly, rather than waiting and refreshing for hours. The Rockies employed a horrible system.

The team blamed all of their problems on a cyber "attack," but really they should have hired better computer programmers. Read more of their story here.

But I still love my team. At least it wasn't the Sox website. No World Series in Colorado for me this weekend.

Why do we need sleep?

Secret nerdy reason to wake-up on Tuesday? The NY Times publishes my favorite section: The Science Times.

At college, we tend to view sleep as a nuisance. We try to get the least amount of sleep that will still allow us to function well. This can't be healthy, but what is? If you've ever wanted to learn more about sleep -- here is your opportunity.

Learn more about nightmares (by definition, bad dreams that literally wake you up) here.

Can sleep help you memorize? What about a nap? Find out here.

And one more interesting one: "Feeling the Effects of Too Little Sleep".

I'll leave you with a fun fact: "With televisions and computers in their rooms, many teenagers cannot resist the temptation to stay up late, especially because their bodies do not begin to produce the sleep hormone melatonin until 1 a.m., as opposed to 10 p.m. in most adults."

I love my team

And the Colorado Rockies Ticketing System is the most frustrating thing of the day

Life Goal No. 25 - Go to a World Series with the Red Sox

I'm going to be in Colorado this weekend and I really wanted to drive up to Denver to see the Red Sox beat the Rockies on Saturday night. At noon today, I was ready to buy tickets on the Rockies' website, and I tried with no avail. The Denver Post covered the situation here.

My big question is that considering the demand for these tickets, why didn't the Rockies have a better system? The Hannah Montana concert can sell out in minutes with no glitches. Why is the Rockies site still not working 2 hours later?!

(Go Red Sox!!! I wish I were in Boston right now!)

The Middle East Buddy List

Confused about the friends and foes in the Middle East? Does al-Qaida work with Hezbollah? What about Israel and Lebanon? Luckily, the people at Slate.com have sorted all of that out. Check out the buddy list here.